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Lunchables at Safeway

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Lunchables at Safeway

Safeway stocks several main Lunchables formats: Cracker Stackers, Pizza, Nachos, Brunchables for breakfast, and the larger Uploaded line. You will also find smaller lines on the shelf, such as Dunkables, PB&J, and Crispy Grilled Cheesies.

The right pick depends on the lunchbox and the age of the eater.

The main formats

Cracker Stackers. Crackers, sliced cheese, and sliced deli meat that kids stack into bites. Some varieties also add a juice drink and a cookie or candy.

Lunchables Fun Pack Ham & American box showing stacked ham, cheese, and crackers with a Capri Sun Fruit Punch pouch and a chocolate chip cookie

Most Cracker Stackers come as a plain tray of meat, cheese, and crackers, as a tray with cookies, or as a bigger box that adds gummy worms and a Capri Sun juice drink.

Pizza. Mini crusts, sauce, cheese, and pepperoni that kids layer into small pizzas. Lunchables Pizza with Pepperoni is 4.3 oz.

Lunchables Pepperoni Pizza tray showing stacked mini pizza crusts topped with pepperoni and shredded mozzarella

Nachos. Tortilla chips with cheese dip and salsa. Lunchables Nachos with Cheese Dip and Salsa is 4.4 oz.

Lunchables Nachos tray showing round tortilla chips with nacho cheese dip and salsa

Along with the classic pepperoni pizza and the nachos with cheese dip and salsa, the shelf has an extra cheesy pizza, a spicy nachos kit with chili lime tortilla chips, and the larger Nachos Grande tray.

Brunchables. The breakfast line, including Brunchables Breakfast Sandwiches with Ham.

Uploaded. The large-format line for bigger appetites. The Ham & American Cheese Sub Sandwich is 15.91 oz and puts a sub, a side, a drink, and a dessert in one box, sized for older kids, teens, and adults.

Lunchables Uploaded Ham and American Sub Sandwich box showing a ham and cheese sub with Takis, a Kit Kat, a bottle of water, and a Kool-Aid Singles packet

Both sub sandwich flavors are here, ham and American and turkey and cheddar, along with the deep dish pepperoni pizza.

What to pack alongside

Adding a piece of fruit and a small bottle of water turns a Lunchable into a more complete lunch. A clementine, grapes, strawberries, baby carrots, or cucumber rounds all pack well next to the tray.

For no prep in the morning, single-serve apple slices, mandarin cups, applesauce pouches, carrot snack packs, veggies with hummus, and small water bottles all slip into a lunch bag.

When Lunchables work well

  • Busy mornings when there isn't time to pack a lunch from scratch

  • Summer camp and day-camp lunches

  • Road trips, packed in a cooler or an insulated bag with an ice pack

  • A reliable option for picky eaters

  • A lunch kids can put together themselves (Cracker Stackers need no sauce or dip)

  • Adult lunch at the desk (the Uploaded line is sized for it)

Where to find them at Safeway

Lunchables are in the refrigerated lunch and snack section, near the deli meat and cheese cases. They're also available through Drive Up & Go and Safeway home delivery.

FAQ

Which Lunchables is the right size for an adult lunch?

Look for the Uploaded line. The 15.91 oz Ham & American Cheese Sub Sandwich box packs a sub with a side, a drink, and a dessert, and there is a Turkey & Cheddar sub and a deep dish pepperoni pizza too.

Which Lunchables can a young kid assemble on their own?

Cracker Stackers are the simplest. There is no sauce to spread or dip to open, just crackers, meat, and cheese to stack. Pizza and Nachos add sauce and dip cups, so younger kids may need a hand.

Do Lunchables need refrigeration?

Yes. Keep Lunchables in the fridge until you pack them, then use an insulated lunch bag with an ice pack or frozen gel pack so they stay cold until lunch. USDA guidance is that perishable food should not sit above 40°F for more than 2 hours in total, or 1 hour above 90°F. Those 2 hours are all the time the food spends out of the cold added together, not a fresh allowance that starts once the cold pack warms up.

Which Lunchables has the lowest added sugar?

Plain trays without a cookie, candy, or juice drink have less added sugar than the bigger combo boxes. Check the nutrition facts panel to compare specific varieties.

Where in Safeway are Lunchables?

In the refrigerated lunch and snack section, near the deli meat and cheese cases. Also available through Drive Up & Go and home delivery.